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In a new report published in Nature Neuroscience consisting of over 50,000 case studies analyzed by a large group of scientists internationally have possibly found a link between genetic disposition leading to high risk of alcoholism and psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and depression. The study’s senior author Arpana Agrawal, Ph.D., a professor of…

One of the unfortunate side effects of a market driven economy is the incentive of money that can motivate some people and their companies to put profits and exploitation above the customer satisfaction and even safety. With the opioid epidemic catching a large portion of the news cycle, morally ambiguous businesses are popping up claiming…

While media attention centers on the ‘opioid epidemic’, it’s obscured another addiction that is claiming an increasing number of lives. Alcohol kills more people than overdoses of opioids through both accidents while under the influence and health effects of prolonged alcohol use such as cirrhosis, cancer, pancreatitis and suicide. The increase of alcohol related deaths…

Drug addiction can affect many parts of a person’s life including their work history and ability to get a job after being treated. Employers may require immaculate work history and criminal record that is nearly impossible depending on how a person’s addiction illness has played out. Many addicts end up homeless from their substance abuse…

The media’s focus on the opioid epidemic has overshadowed the resurgence of methamphetamine use in recent years. In the 1990’s, meth use was itself an epidemic which required action of the federal government to curtail. The access to pseudoephedrine, an important ingredient of methamphetamine, was severely restricted by law when it when it was prohibited…

There is not a single step of the recovery process that is easy for the person who is struggling with an addiction to illicit drugs, prescription drugs, or alcohol. From the beginning of the recovery process a person seeking relief from a life lived in pain and likely in secrecy must be aware that recovery…

Cocaine’s addictive nature has been long known to be a difficult attribute to deal with in treatment of addicts as a category. A famous comic once said in a moment where truth and comedy converge, “Cocaine makes you feel like you want to do more cocaine”. At the National Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit, opening…

Maybe it’s a friend you’ve known your entire life, maybe it’s a romantic partner, but there’s someone really close to you that has a problem with substance abuse. And you know they have a problem because you know them better than anyone. This can be a really difficult challenge because you want to be…

While someone suffering from alcoholism in Pompano is the most visible and most affected by the addiction, there are other people affected such as their friends and family. One of the most obvious yet generally invisible victims of alcoholism are the children of alcoholics. It hasn’t been until recently that research into the effects of…

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Related-Conditions/Dual-Diagnosis) a dual diagnosis, also sometimes known as a comorbidity or a co-occurring disorder are incredibly common in people who struggle with an addiction to a drug or alcohol. A co-occurring disorder or dual diagnosis is confirmed when someone struggling with addiction also suffers, concurrently, from a…